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| Chai Samosa |
One of the
unifying snacks combination of India is Chai – Samosa. It transcends the
boundaries of region, case, sex, age. It doesn’t matter if you are a school
goer, a house wife or someone who only sits only in air conditioned
environments, you will always say yes to this snack combo, especially in
winters or rainy season. With this combination in hand, there have been many
talks of politics (national and office), movies, books, liberalization, and
globalization. Then Species, cultures and languages going endangered or
extinct.
However no
one has paid attention to the two items in their hand. With liberalization and
globalization we see onslaught of culinary items from foreign lands putting up
a competition for local cuisine.
I have
observed among the environment I live in, where both options are available.
People now prefer a sandwich, burger or pizza with some fancy named drink to
wash it down instead of chai-samosa. I am no one to judge which one is good.
Calories conscious will tell you both are not good.
If I am
samosa, will I feel culinary colonized by a burger taking over my turf. Or like
those master masons I am secretly colonizing culinary kings of the other
unknown plates around the world. Maybe find a restful place under a fork and
knife.
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